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Following a disastrous Facebook security flaw affecting 50 million people, it may not be a coincidence that Tim Berners-Lee, the famous creator of the World Wide Web, chose this weekend to unveil a ambitious new plan for redesigning the Web as we know it. Resume power, in his words, "powerful forces that use it for their own programs". Reorganize your creation into a service that, once again, puts this power in the hands of the people who use it.
A crowd of people forming a padlock
In recent years, Berners-Lee has secretly worked alongside MIT colleagues on a new open source project called Solid, a decentralized, privacy-driven ecosystem that will reshape the Web and "restore the power and agency of individuals" using it. Now, he took a sabbatical from MIT to devote himself exclusively to his new project.
"Solid is changing the current pattern of users passing on personal data to digital giants in exchange for perceived value," Berners-Lee writes in an exciting article on his new site, Inrupt. "As we all discovered, it was not in our interest".
Indeed, the price we pay for convenience is the persistent confusion over reliable privacy settings (and whether or not protection is in place) and repeated violations of our personal data. Bryan Lunduke summed up everything on Twitter:
We have two simple choices:
1) Accept multiple panties of our personal data each year to use them.
2) Stop using these services.
– The Lunduke Abides (@BryanLunduke) September 29, 2018
So what does Solid do to change that? His foundation begins with Solid POD, which Berners-Lee describes as secure USB drives for the Web. On these files, you can store all kinds of data and choose which applications of the ecosystem are allowed to interact with it. From comments and documents, you write on calendar items to photos and videos of your family, even data collected in a fitness group or smartwatch. Almost everything that is digital
"People want to have a website they can trust, people want applications that help them do what they want, and what they have to do without spying on them. do not encourage them to buy this or that. "~ Tim Berners-Lee
These Solid PODs are stored where you want them to exist, whether at home or at work or with a Solid Service Provider. And the only people with access to data are you and the people you choose. Not the giants of the Web who use it to "personalize" advertising or inadvertently disclose your information. Berners-Lee points out that since you have your data, you can move it at any time. No interruption of service, no penalties.
The British computer scientist Tim Berners Lee, better known as the inventor of the World Wide Web (Photo AP / Lionel Cironneau)
Solid's documentation describes it as follows:
You allow users and your applications to read or write to parts of your Solid POD. Thus, every time you open a new application, you no longer have to enter your details: they are read on your POD with your permission. The elements saved in one application are available in another: you never need to synchronize, because your data remains to you.
This approach protects your privacy and is also good for developers: they can create great apps without collecting huge amounts of data first. Anyone can create an application that exploits what already exists.
In an interview with Fast Times, Berners-Lee presented a first version of an application running on Solid. The author Katrina Brooker describes it as "a mix of Google Drive, Microsoft Outlook, Slack, Spotify and WhatsApp". The difference, she explains, is that each piece of data is exclusively under her control.
Right now, Solid and parent company Inrupt are recruiting developers and users with the promise that apps are coming. It seems that users can even get a Solid POD right now, although its functionality is probably limited without a robust ecosystem in place. I can not wait for that to happen.
You can follow Solid's progress through a mailing list and some community portals here.
Given the pedigree of the man, I think that Solid is something that the few Internet giants will watch very closely. Asked about it by Fast Company, Berners-Lee responded as follows: "We do not argue with Facebook and Google to find out whether or not to introduce a complete change where all their business models are completely upset overnight. . We do not ask them permission.
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Following a disastrous Facebook security flaw affecting 50 million people, it may not be a coincidence that Tim Berners-Lee, the famous creator of the World Wide Web, chose this weekend to unveil a ambitious new plan for redesigning the Web as we know it. Resume power, in his words, "powerful forces that use it for their own purposes". Reorganize your creation into a service that, once again, puts this power in the hands of the people who use it.
A crowd of people forming a padlock
In recent years, Berners-Lee has secretly worked alongside MIT colleagues on a new open source project called Solid, a decentralized, privacy-driven ecosystem that will reshape the Web and "restore the power and agency of individuals" using it. Now, he took a sabbatical from MIT to devote himself exclusively to his new project.
"Solid is changing the current pattern of users passing on personal data to digital giants in exchange for perceived value," Berners-Lee writes in an exciting article on his new site, Inrupt. "As we all discovered, it was not in our interest".
Indeed, the price we pay for convenience is the persistent confusion over reliable privacy settings (and whether or not protection is in place) and repeated violations of our personal data. Bryan Lunduke summed up everything on Twitter:
We have two simple choices:
1) Accept multiple panties of our personal data each year to use them.
2) Stop using these services.
– The Lunduke Abides (@BryanLunduke) September 29, 2018
So what does Solid do to change that? His foundation begins with Solid POD, which Berners-Lee describes as secure USB drives for the Web. You can store all kinds of data and choose the ecosystem applications that can interact with them. From comments and documents, you write on calendar items to photos and videos of your family, even data collected in a fitness group or smartwatch. Almost everything that is digital
"People want to have a website they can trust, people want applications that help them do what they want, and what they have to do without spying on them. do not encourage them to buy this or that. "~ Tim Berners-Lee
These Solid PODs are stored where you want them to exist, whether at home or at work or with a Solid Service Provider. And the only people with access to the data are you and the people you choose. Not the giants of the Web who use it to "personalize" advertising or inadvertently disclose your information. Berners-Lee points out that since you have your data, you can move it whenever you want. No interruption of service, no penalties.
The British computer scientist Tim Berners Lee, better known as the inventor of the World Wide Web (Photo AP / Lionel Cironneau)
Solid's documentation describes it as follows:
You allow users and your applications to read or write to parts of your Solid POD. Thus, every time you open a new application, you no longer have to enter your details: they are read on your POD with your permission. The elements saved in one application are available in another: you never need to synchronize, because your data remains to you.
This approach protects your privacy and is also great for developers: they can create cool apps without collecting huge amounts of data. Anyone can create an application that exploits what already exists.
In an interview with Fast Times, Berners-Lee presented a first version of an application running on Solid. The author Katrina Brooker describes it as "a mix of Google Drive, Microsoft Outlook, Slack, Spotify and WhatsApp". The difference, she explains, is that each piece of data is exclusively under her control.
At present, Solid and parent company Inrupt are recruiting developers and users, with the promise that applications will come up. It seems that users can even get a Solid POD right now, although its functionality is probably limited without a robust ecosystem in place. I can not wait for that to happen.
You can follow Solid's progress through a mailing list and some community portals here.
Given the pedigree of the man, I think that Solid is something that the few Internet giants will watch very closely. Asked about this by Fast Company, Berners-Lee responded as follows: "We are not discussing with Facebook and Google the opportunity to introduce a complete change in which all their business models are completely altered from the day on the next day. We do not ask them permission.
